The Government adopted a plan for the technological, administrative and financial integration of the Electronic Communications Network and the National Network of Public Administration. Both establish the backbone for the implementation of the provisions for digital transmission needs of public institutions as a unified communications network. Responsibility for the management of the merged network resides with the State eGovernment Agency (SEGA).

The Public Administration, by building a unified communications network, sees an opportunity to effectively reduce the cost of central and local executive authorities for telecommunications services and operational costs. This will facilitate the transfer of funds for the development, maintenance and operation of infrastructure.

The Government aims to create a single, public communication and information infrastructure that will enable the country to: introduce eGovernment; apply video surveillance in public places, intersections, important buildings and schools; provide eLearning, eAgriculture, eCommerce, eHealth, eTourism and eInclusion to disadvantaged people.

The decision to build a national Unified Electronic Communications Network (UECN) was adopted on 10 December 2006. UECN is built on two levels - the backbone network (Backbone) and Access Networks (Metromrezhi). In August 2003, the backbone of the communication system of the Public Administration was the National Network of the Public Administration (NNPA). At that time, it comprised 27 regional networks of the Public Administration, based on regional cities. NNPA was planned to be merged with DTN, the data transmission network of the Ministry of Finance, and connected to the EU’s TESTA II private IP-based network.

The NNPA and UECN networks were united under the unified Single Electronic Communication Network in 2011. The maintenance for it is under the competences of the State eGovernment Agency, Directorate “Information and Communications Infrastructure”.